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Omaha By Design: From Vision to Implementation

CM | 1.25

Date: Tuesday, April 16

Begins: 7:30AM

Ends: 8:45AM

Activity Code: S598

Room: Columbus Hall K/L

Track: Perspectives on Planning Track

Nearly a decade in the making, Omaha by Design—an urban design effort spawned by a public-private partnership—has transformed Omaha’s civic-engagement culture. How did the city and private stakeholders come together to develop a master plan that embraces both urban design and environmental protection? And what were the code modifications necessary to implement this plan successfully?

Participants

Work: Nando is an AICP planner, architect, and urban designer, whose design practice ranges from city-wide urban design plans to waterfront planning, suburban smart growth strategies, transit-oriented development, and urban infill projects. Informed by a strong commitment to urbanism and environmentalism, his professional goals are to work on planning policies and design projects that provide urban regeneration in cities and towns. Recent honors include his investiture in the American Institute of Architects College of Fellows, three national awards for his work on Philadelphia's Civic Vision for the Central Delaware Riverfront, and smart growth awards for various mixed-income communities. Nando also serves as an adjunct professor at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Design and a guest critic and lecturer at Drexel and Temple Universities.

Education: Master of Architecture in Urban Design, Harvard University Bachelor of Architecture, Temple University

Work: Planning Director, Omaha, Nebraska responsible for the management and oversight of all divisions of the City of Omaha Planning Department. Cunningham a licensed architect, holds master’s degrees in architecture and engineering, and has participated in planning efforts at a local, and regional level. He returned to Omaha from Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB) based in the Washington D.C. area, PB is one of the world's leading planning, engineering, and program/construction management organizations. At PB, Cunningham was Senior Vice President and a National Sales Manager. Prior to his tenure at PB, Cunningham worked for HDR Engineering, Inc. for 17 years in Omaha, Kansas City and Richmond. At HDR, Cunningham was involved with regional and urban planning for metropolitan Kansas City and St. Louis. Mr. Cunningham has served on the National Board of Direction of the Society of Military Engineers (SAME) and is a Fellow of SAME, he has served on the Board of Directors of SafeHOME based in Kansas City and as a Board Member of the Overland Park Chamber of Commerce. He is a graduate of Leadership Omaha, Leadership Overland Park, and Leadership Kansas programs.

Education: M.S., Civil Engineering, Structures and Transportation Planning, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, 1980; Master of Architecture, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, 1979; B.S., Architectural Studies, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, 1977